ABSTRACT
The world of criminalistics has changed in the last few years. Not only has there been a shift in how the popular media portray crime scene investigations (
e.g.
, television shows such as
CSI
,
CSI Miami
,
NCIS
), but there has also been a change in demands placed on crime scene investigators. It has been estimated that, today, 80% of all cases have some form of digital evidence. As evidence quickly moves from being physical and document based to digital and electronic, the knowledge, skills, and abilities of those charged with identifying, collecting, and analyzing evidence must adapt to meet these new demands. Some, in the new emerging field of digital forensics, have suggested that, due to the unique nature of computers, networks, and digital evidence, traditional approaches to crime scene analysis must be abandoned in favor of new methods, techniques, and tools (Rogers and Seigfried, 2004).
